Marc Del Grande

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Marc Del Grande
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Prefect of French Guiana [1]
In office
5 August 2019 [2]  –25 November 2020
Preceded by Martin Jaeger
Succeeded by Thierry Queffelec
Personal details
Born (1965-03-15) 15 March 1965 (age 56)
Laxou, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Nationality Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French

Marc Del Grande (born 15 March 1965 in Laxou, France) is a French senior civil servant and was the Prefect of French Guiana.

Marc Del Grande graduated at the Special Military School of Saint-Cyr. [3] Between 1991 and 1992, Del Grande was a military observer of the United Nations in Cambodia in the Khmer-held Angkor region. [4] [5] Between 1999 and 2001, Del Grande was the commander of the Gendarmerie of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni in French Guiana. [4] Between 21 July 2015 and June 2019, [4] Del Grande was appointed as the Secretary General and Sub Prefect of Pas-de-Calais. [3] Since 5 August 2019, [2] Del Grande is the Prefect of French Guiana. [1] On 25 November 2020, Grande was replaced by Thierry Queffelec as Prefect. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Government of the French Republic. "Décret du 10 juillet 2019 portant nomination du préfet de la région Guyane, préfet de la Guyane - M. DEL GRANDE (Marc)". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Marc Del Grande, the new prefect of Guyane has started his functions (in French)". Guyane la 1ère . Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Un nouveau secrétaire général et sous-préfet d'Arras". La Gazette - Nord-Pas de Calais (in French). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Marc Del Grande, ex-commandant de compagnie de Gendarmerie en Guyane, revient comme préfet!". L'Essor. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Extrait de la fiche de M. Marc DEL GRANDE". Les Biographies. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Thierry QUEFFELEC - Nouveau préfet de la région Guyane". Government of French Guiana (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2021.


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